The next EfVET Annual International Conference will take place in Paphos, Cyprus at Azia Hotel, 21st - 24th October 2015.
Full details of the programme and theme will be available soon.

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Dear Member - EfVET members have been invited by DG Regional and Urban policy to identify the level of involvement different stakeholders have been actively engaged in the development of European Structural Funding Strategies at regional or national level. This relates to all ESI funding (ESF/ERDF and others where National or regional authorities prepare and access funding. Please take a look at the survey as per the invitation above - if you feel you can contribute, or indeed if these activities have ignored key stakeholders such as yourselves - then please complete the survey and return as instructions.

Warm regards
Peter Hodgson
President, EfVET

The Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission has commissioned a study to provide evidence on how the partnership principle and multi-level governance have been established during the programming phase for the 2014-2020 ESI Funds.

One step in this analysis is a multi-lingual online survey gathering overall information on who has been involved, how partners have been involved and what are the main benefits and challenges of the partnership involvement. The aim of the survey is collect insights from different stakeholders and establish a first picture of the implementation of the partnership principle. The study does NOT evaluate or assess single programmes.

Please, fill in the survey by 23 March 2015, if you have been involved in the partnership concerning the programming of an ERDF funded programme for the 2014-2020 period. You may also forward this e-mail to colleagues yours who have been involved in relevant partnership processes.

In case you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. You find more information on this study at:

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These guiding principles are a contribution of the European Commission, Cedefop and the thematic working group on professional development of trainers in vocational education and training (VET) to the objective set in the Bruges communiqué of collecting good practice and developing guiding principles on the changing roles, competences and professional development of VET teachers and trainers (Council of the European Union; European Commission, 2010).Download the guiding principles on professional development of trainers in VET: EU, be proud of your trainers